EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1824 as Jefferson Medical College, became a university in 1969.

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1824

Enrollment:
2800

Official Website:
http://www.jefferson.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gamaliel Bailey	Journalist	3-Dec-1807	5-Jun-1859	Anti-slavery publisher
Robert C. Gallo	Doctor	23-Mar-1937		Identified first retroviruses in humans
Charles Hires	Business	19-Aug-1851	31-Jul-1937	Root beer
Anson Jones	Politician	20-Jan-1798	9-Jan-1858	President of Texas, committed suicide
S. Weir Mitchell	Novelist	15-Feb-1829	4-Jan-1914	The Case of George Dedlow
J. Marion Sims	Doctor	25-Jan-1813	13-Nov-1883	Father of gynecology

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Thomas D. Mutter	Doctor	9-Mar-1811	16-Mar-1859	Surgeon, Mütter Museum benefactor

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward G. Boehne	Business	c. 1941		CEO of FRB Philadelphia, 1981-2000
Richard C. Gozon	Business	c. 1940		Chairman of Amerisource Bergen
Ernest E. Jones	Business	c. 1944		Philadelphia Workforce Development Corp.
James E. Ksansnak	Business	c. 1940		Vice Chairman of ARAMARK, 1997-2001
Alan W. Rutherford	Business	c. 1944		CFO of Crown Holdings
James W. Stratton	Business	c. 1936		Stratton Holding Company

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